Hunting:Life on the edge.
When autumn breezes in and the apples and acorns start to drop from the trees, you know the deer are headed in to eat.
YOu also know its time for you to start scouting their locations, but the smart hunter knows that hunting on the edge is a good place to start, particularly if you find yourself hunting in a place you haven’t had time to scout or aren’t familiar with .
No, I don’t mean hunting dangerously or not taking proper care of yourself or your weapons. I mean, literally, hunting on the edge.
A great portion of the time, deer seem to gather on the edge..
The edge of a field, a marsh, where the pine forests change to hardwoods, fence rows, edges of a thicket or a corn field, or even of a pond.
Old logging roads or stone fences are places where deer gather and seem to frequent.
Start by seeking out one part of a patch of woods that might contain a small gully, a deep ditch, the edge of a thicket, a creek bed, dry or otherwise, that might have nut trees, oak trees that are dropping their goodies onto the tground.. YOu’re going to find the elusive white tail standing there.. on the edge, waiting for you.
Look around you for the trails that seem cut through the woods and lead to feeding areas, and where those trails intersect,or end, you’re going to find a feeding site, a natural feeding site that will make a great spot for you to be waiting.
Swampy areas, the edge of an old dirt track or in many cases, an old railroad grade are other places to look, and when you are hunting public lands, where its not easy to get your scouting done, you have to take every advantage that you can.
Just see, if you don’t see more deer and wildlife of all kinds, just by sticking to the edge of things, and watching carefully.
Life on the edge is a great way to live when you’re hunting that venison.
